fabian

anybody know of anyways to "lojack" a 99 protege and just fine tune it so that it runs a little bit faster? all I got basically done to the car is intake exhaust and a clutch, I feel like my car could be so much faster than it is now, but I definitely dont have a job right now, and with that comes no MONEY

Roddimus Prime

do you know what "lojack" is? It's a tracking system used by police and insurance agencies to track stolen vehicles.

mods cost money. I suggest getting a job, saving up a balance of several hundreds of dollars and then asking what would be the best mod(s) for your desired budget.

hughes412

I thought Lowjack was a performace part that gave 50WHP. Damit, guess I'll have to give mine back.

Phantom Cruiser

If you strip out all of your interior it will be a few 1/10ths faster


Seriously, get a job and save up some $$.

kargoboy

The empty pockets should make your car a bit faster, too. You know how much all that loose change can weigh.

Job first, mods later.

scotty878

LMAO

zerocover

Sure run to radio shack get a resistor and solder it in to your iat sensor.

Wala instant ebay preformance chip. In theory it should work, then again I have no idea what resistance to use. That does cost a couple of bucks though, thouse damed radioshack bastards!

Rusty

With a resistor wired in series with the IAT, it'll send a signal meaning the intake air is falsly cold (I think that's the direction it goes). Which means the MAF will think the intake air volume is falsly low since the real air-flow is not cold enough to chill the MAF to where it expects that temperature of air to take it. So, in summary, now the computer thinks it has cold air but very low volume, even at high RPMs. What the hell that'll do to the timing and mixture, I don't know, but it can't be good for the engine in the long run (not that long either).

I expect Roddimus or Mac'slomo can give you more detail about the effects on timing and mixture.

If you wire a resistor in parallel with the IAT, at best, there will be no change, since the voltage drop across it won't be affected anyway. Or it may fry the computer or some driver circuit in between because you have increased the current flow in that loop.

zerocover

The timing will be advanced!
That is the whole trick to it.

mthegodfather

Weight saving can do wonders for your Protege.

mthegodfather

If you already have exhaust you might want to check in on hollowing out the cat. That can give you a little more performance too.